RAILINGS AND BALUSTRADES SURROUNDING THE FOUNTAINS, WITH KERBSTONES TO POOLS AND STATUE OF JENNER

RAILINGS AND BALUSTRADES SURROUNDING THE FOUNTAINS, WITH KERBSTONES TO POOLS AND STATUE OF JENNER, KENSINGTON GARDENS W2

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1275355
Date first listed:: 14-Jan-1970
List Entry Name:: RAILINGS AND BALUSTRADES SURROUNDING THE FOUNTAINS, WITH KERBSTONES TO POOLS AND STATUE OF JENNER
Statutory Address:: RAILINGS AND BALUSTRADES SURROUNDING THE FOUNTAINS, WITH KERBSTONES TO POOLS AND STATUE OF JENNER, KENSINGTON GARDENS W2

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1275355
Date first listed:: 14-Jan-1970
List Entry Name:: RAILINGS AND BALUSTRADES SURROUNDING THE FOUNTAINS, WITH KERBSTONES TO POOLS AND STATUE OF JENNER
Statutory Address 1:: RAILINGS AND BALUSTRADES SURROUNDING THE FOUNTAINS, WITH KERBSTONES TO POOLS AND STATUE OF JENNER, KENSINGTON GARDENS W2

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Statutory Address:: RAILINGS AND BALUSTRADES SURROUNDING THE FOUNTAINS, WITH KERBSTONES TO POOLS AND STATUE OF JENNER, KENSINGTON GARDENS W2

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: City of Westminster (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 26731 80670

Details

TQ 2680 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER KENSINGTON GARDENS, W2 65/31 14.1.70 Railings and balustrades surrounding The Fountains, with kerbstones to pools and statue of Jenner. GV II Formal water garden. Mid C19. Portland stone kerbs and balustrades and cast iron railings. Rectangular area with four pools and central fountain surrounded by cast iron railings with entrances to east and west flanked by Portland stone pedestals with urns. Urns surmounted. Portland stone balustrading breaks forward to south, to accommodate shell fountain supported by figures of mermaids. Set into the railings on the east side, monument to Jenner, a bronze seated figure on a Portland stone plinth flanked by stone seats. Integral part of composition with the Pavilion at The Fountains (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ2673180670

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Legacy System number:: 412756
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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 17 Greater London

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.